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Posted - August 17 2024 : 08:20:19 AM

Soldiers “Huzzah!”
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I Powder with my brother ball /A Hero Like I Conquer all” - from Samuel Lounsbury’s powder horn "made at Charlestown/alas No. 4 June 20 1757"

Having No. 4 fortified and garrisoned added a dimension of importance to this settlement on the frontier that would see a military presence through the end of the American Revolution. - No. 4’s strategic geographic location became especially clear during the 1750s as soldiers from New England were garrisoned on their way to military campaigns. - No. 4 itself underwent additions and improvements to accommodate the soldiers. - Various ranger and militia companies were stationed at No. 4 to carry out scouting and raiding parties and to provide protection for the farmers in and around the settlement. - Between 1757 and 1760, with the French and Indian War fully underway, No. 4 was a staging area for regular and colonial troops from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut on their way to and from the Lake Champlain/ Lake George theatre of war. - From there the men were sent to serve at Fort William Henry, Crown Point, or Ticonderoga. - Many saw action in Canada or out west at places like Forts Oswego or Niagara in what is now western New York State.

This was especially true once construction of the Crown Point Road was completed in 1760. Measuring 77 miles, the Crown Point road was constructed by John Stark and other rangers and linked Charlestown (No. 4) with Chimney Point, now in Vermont, on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, directly across the lake from Fort Crown Point.

Records of these soldiers at No. 4 are recorded in the muster rolls, diaries and even powder horns remaining from the time period. The powder horns that held soldiers’ gun powder were carved with designs and lettering ranging from the rudimentary to the intricate. Like others from the era, the horns carved at No. 4 offer fascinating insight into solders’ lives. - Many soldiers inscribed poems about wanting to be successful in battle others yearned for loved ones left behind. - Some powder horns provided maps of military campaigns or other images.

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Fitzhugh Williams
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